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Browsing Geography and Geospatial Sciences Faculty Research and Publications by Subject "Agriculture"

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Beef Feedlots In Southwestern Kansas: Local Change, Perceptions, And The Global Change Context

Harrington, Lisa M.B.; Lu, Max (2002-12-01)

Cattle feedlots, some of which have a capacity of tens of thousands of head, have become a major driving force in the local economy and changing landscape of southwestern Kansas. The feedlot industry also is one of the ...
Cultural energy analyses of climatologically suitable places in Turkey for feedlot cattle production determined by using the comprehensive climate index model

Koknaroglu, H.; Harrington Jr, John; Mader, T. L. (2016-04-01)

The objective of this study was to conduct cultural energy analyses on feedlot cattle production in Turkey. The comprehensive climate index (CCI) model was used to predict DMI, ADG, and feed efficiency of feedlot cattle ...
Determination of climatologically suitable places in the Midwest for feedlot cattle production by using the comprehensive climate index model

Koknaroglu, H.; Harrington Jr, John; Mader, T. L. (2016-04-01)

The objective of this study was to determine climatologically suitable places to raise feedlot cattle in the Midwest. Hourly average temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed values for 22 locations (Des Moines, Mason ...
Milking the plains: movement of large dairy operations into southwestern Kansas

Harrington, Lisa M.B.; Lu, Max; Kromm, David E. (2010-09-22)

Western Kansas has an historical identification with cattle, with a focus on cattle ranching and more specifically since the 1950s, beef-cattle feedlots. Since the mid-1990s large dairy operations have moved into southwestern ...